The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1887-01-01

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Nc the Idets ~ haze learned during Ne past
gears, concerning dtsordsTs Of the hsOa1 htd-
negs and ne o4pdn5 which diseGssd Kidneys y
easily break dotcnf H5I S+e esndEeftn0 SCI
enttde paper, and are ssnprSHdseed eSeeps ~
Cauor Of TRUTH. II is needless to sdy, no med
zeal Journal of "Cods' standing ,OO,''d admit
these facts, for very obsiows reasons
r. H. WARMER e co,
PrOprietOrs Of "WarHer's Safe Care"
That we may EMPHASIZE and clearly ex-
plain the relation the kidneJs stsstAin ta
the general health, and how much is de-
pendent upon them, we propose, meta
phorically speaking, to take one from tne
human body, place in the wash-bowl De-
fore us, and examine it for the public BEN
You will imagine that we have before us
4 body shaped like q bean, smooth and
glistening, about f6tr inches in length, tWo
in width, and one in thickness. 1t ordi'
narily weighs in the adult male, abouttive
ounces, but is somewhat lighter In the te-
male. A small organl you say. But I'M
derstand, the body of the average size man
contains about ten quarts Of blood, Of whlch
every drop passes through these filters or se'0ers,
as they may be called, mGny times dav, as
often as through the heart making COM
plete revolution in three minutes. From the
blood they separate the waste material,
working away steadily night and dayi
sleeping or waking, tireless as the heart IT.
self, and fully offs much vital Importance
removing impurities from sixty-five gallons
Of blood each hour, or about forty-nine bar
relS each day, or 9, 125 hogsheads year
What a wonder that the kidneys can last
any length of time under this prodigious
strain treated and neglected as they ares
We slice this delicate organ open length
wise with our knife, and will roughly de-
scribe its interior.
We find it to be of reddish brown
color, soft and easily torn; filed with
hundreds of little tubes, short and thread
like, starting from the arteries, ending in
a little tuft about midway from the out
side opening into cavity of considerable
size, which is called the pelvis, or, rough
ly-speaking, a sac, which is for the purpose
of holding the water to further undergo
publication before it passes down from
here into the ureters and so on to the out
side of the body. These little tubes are
the filters, which do their work automat-
ically, and right here is WheTe the disease Of the
kidney first begins.
Doing the vast amount Of work which
they are obliged to, from the slightest ir-
regularity in our habits, from cold, from
high living, from stimulants or thousand
and one other causes which occur every
day, they become somewhat weakened in
their nerve force.
What is the RESULT Congestion or stop
page of the current of blood in the small
blood vessels surrounding them, which be-
come blocked; these delicate membranes
are irritated; Inflammation is set up, then
pus is formed, which collects in the pelvis
or sac; the tubes are at first partially, and
soon are totally, unable to do their work.
The pelvic sac goes on distending with this
corruption, pressing upon the blood yes
sells. All this time, remember, the blood.
which is entering the kidneys to be fiji
tered, is passing through this terrible, disgust
for If take nfhar r0utAi
Stop and think of it for a moment Do
you realize the Importance, nay the vital
necessity, of having the kidneys in Orderl
Can you expect when they are diseased or
obstructed, no matter how little, that you
can have pure blood and escape disease? 1t
would be just as reasonable to expect, if a
pestrhouse were set across Broadway and
countless thousands were compelled to go
through its presidential doors, an escape
from contagion and disease as for one to
expect the blood to escape pollution when
constantly running through diseased
kidney.
Now, what is the RESULT Why, that the
blood takes up and deposits this poison as
it sweeps along into every organ, into ev-
cry inch Of muscle, tissue, flesh and bone,
from your head to your feet. And when
ever. from hereditary influence or other
wise, some part of tho body is weaker than
another, a countless train of diseases is es-
tablished, such as consumption in weak
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nervousness, insanity, paralysis
or heart disease in those who have weak
nerves.
The heart must soon feel the effects of the pot
son, as Il requires pure blood to keep 1t in right
action. 1t increases its stroke in number
and force to compensate for the natural
stimulus wanting, in its endeavor to crowd
the impure blood through this obstruction,
causing pain, palpitation, or an out-of-
breath feeling. Unnatural as this forced
Al E.IE
ing weaker and weaker until one day it
suddenly stops, and death from apparent
Uheart diSeaSe'' is the verdict
But the medical profession, learned and
dignified, call these diseases by high-sound-
ing names, treat them alone, and patients
die, for the arteries are carrying sloU death to
the affected part, constantly adding fuel
brought from these suppurating, puS-1aden
kidneys which here in our wash-bowl are
very putrefaction itself, and which should
have been cured first
But this is not all the kidneys have to
do; for you must remember that each
adult takes about seven pounds OF nouT~
every twenty-four hours to supply
the waste Of the body which is constantly
going on, waste equal to the quantity
taken in. This, too, the kidneys have to
separate from the blood, with all other de-
matter.
But you say: my kidneys are all right.
have no pain in the back" Mistaken
mani People die of kidney disease of SO
bad a character that the organs are rotten,
and yet they have ns0er there had pain mar
an dchci
WhyI Because the disease begins as we
have shown. in the interior of the kidney,
where there ave fea0 'leTVes Of feeling to convey
the sensation of pain. Why this is SO we
may never know.
When you consider their great work, the
delicacy of their structure, the ease with
which they are deranged, can you wonder
at the ill-health of our men and womenf
Health and long life can not be expected
when so vital an organ is impaired. No
ating. Don't you see the great, the ex-
treme importance of keeping this machin-
cry in working order2 Could the finest
engine do even a fractional part of this
work, without attention from the engi-
neerl Don't you see how dangerous this
hidden disease ISL 1t is lurking about US
without giving any indication
of its presence.
The most skillful physicians can not de-
tect it at times for the Kidneys themselves can
not be Examined hy any means which we
have at our ,ommand Even an analysis
of the water, chemically and microscopic
ally, reveals nothing definite in many
cases. even when the kidneys are fairly
broken down.
Then look out for them, as disease, no
matter where situated, to SO per cent, as
shown by after-death examinations, h,s
its origin in the breaking down of these
secreting tubes in the interior Of the kid
ney.